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Q7: What are some additional useful to know baseball card collecting terms ?

(part 3)High Numbers - vintage cards were issued in the ‘50s-‘70s in a series. During the
baseball season, the largest number of cards were made. As the schedule
progressed into September, when there would be less interest in baseball cards
, Topps for one, specifically decreased production and hence much less product
was available. As a result, a scarcity-factor was created and a premium holds
for these first type of "short-printed" cards.

Inserts - special randomly-inserted cards which are not part of the regular set.
Many modern inserts are sequentially-numbered and rarer than the card sets into which they are inserted.

O-Pee-Chee / OPC - a subsidiary of Topps, this card issue was produced specifically for distribution
in Canada.

Promotional Card - generally referred to as cards issued to show what the product
will look like on release and intended to help spur future sales. Often called
a "promo" card.

Reprint - cards issued to reproduce the originals. With the current trend of
vintage reprints, the new versions have a distinguishing characteristic
evidenced by numbering.

Restored - a card or piece of memorabilia which someone has tried to return to a
"like-new" condition. A restored card is considered to be of very little
value.

Rookie Card - any league-licensed, widely distributed card to feature a player in
his first year of trading cards.

Series - a group of cards within an issue deliberately split up by the manufacturer
to distribute at different times of the year. (i.e.- vintage 1st series cards 1-100 were released in April and 2nd series cards 101-200 were released in July, etc.).

Short Print (SP) - a card printed to a lesser quantity than other cards in a set. Many
recent short prints are also individually & serially-numbered.

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

HARTLAND STATUES

Hartland produced it's first baseball statues back in the early 60's.
Sports Collectibles Digest stated that the 1960's Mickey Mantle Hartland
is the single most popular plastic sports statue ever produced !
In 1988 Hartland created their 25th Anniversary Editions which,
except for some very minor details, were identical to the original.

Hartland partnered with America's leading hobby-periodical publisher,
Krause Publications, to create the SCD Authentic series offering
the original 18 as you've never seen them with each statue dramatically
different from prior releases. They are amazingly beautiful and
exquisitely detailed in their road uniforms with painted pinstripes and
wood grained bats making them a unique collectible opportunity for both
veteran collectors and Hartland newcomers alike.

Limited to only 2,500 pieces each, these statues are
BRAND NEW, MINT and in THEIR ORIGINAL BOXES !!!

1964 Topps Stand-Ups

Topps most popular 1960's test issue !!!
Blank-backed and unnumbered, these standard size cards were called
"Stand-Ups". "Stand-Ups" refers to a type of card that was die cut around
the player's picture. The background section then could be folded in half, so the card
could stand up by itself while the player's picture stood alone.
Directions for folding are on the background and when folded only the
green background remains.
1934-36 Batter Up and the 1951 Topps All-Star sets are 2 other popular
standup issues.

Thanks to the green and yellow borders and the likelihood that most cards
have been heavily folded, 1964 Stand-Ups are extremely difficult to
obtain in top grades.

The 77 card set features color photographs of the player on
yellow and green backgrounds. 22 of the 77 cards were single printed making
them twice as scarce and much higher in demand.